RSV in Pregnancy – CQRS Returns
From September, this will be an auto CQRS extraction. To ensure practices qualify for payment in future automated extractions, it is essential that both the RSV vaccination and a pregnancy code are recorded on the same day in the patient record. This is unusual as you...
Tramadol & Warfarin Interaction
Potentially fatal interaction between tramadol and warfarin due to thinning of the blood and brain bleeds. Although not noted in the BNF, the coroners office have asked for raised awareness of this potential fatal interaction: Coroner advises NHS England to warn...
QOF & Prevalence Rates
How do they compare year-on-year and how does this affect your income?
Payments – Flu/COVID Vaccinations
COPD Registers – incorrect codes adding patients to the register
July 2025 insight-FUL – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease annual review’ (394703002) will now put a patient on the COPD register – COPD finding and COPD Follow-up have also been added to the cluster. This came to light as some practices have...
Inactivation of SNOMED Influenza Code
High PCA’s – is this a problem?
At one of our recent PCA webinars, we had a few practices who said their ICB had told them their PCA’s where patients had not responded to invites were too high. In the past, there were many reports from practices who were told their ‘informed dissent’ coding was too...
Apprenticeships in General Practice
It seems you’ve missed us offering apprenticeships in general practice almost as much as we have – thank you for the great response following our re-launch and overview webinar last month. There has been a big push around apprenticeships and these are, once...
AI inaccuracies – report to MHRA
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said doctors should report all suspected inaccuracies caused by AI to the regulator’s yellow card scheme, which is used to monitor adverse incidents and safety concerns over medicines and medical devices....Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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